And people think she killed him?" said Miss Tick. She sighed. "They probably think she cooked him in the oven, or somet

If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.

It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works.

Them as can do has to do for them as can't. And someone has to speak up for them as has no voices.

Quick, someone's coming! Look real!

He said it was better to belong where you don't belong than not to belong where you used to belong, remembering when you used to belong there.

That's No'-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock-Jock, mistress, ' said Not-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock-Jock. 'Ye were one jock short, ' he added helpfully.

As far as she could see, children mostly argued, shouted, ran around very fast, laughed loudly, picked their noses, got dirty and sulked.

Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

There is no evil in human affairs that has not some good mingled with it. [It., Non e male alcuno nelle cose umane che non abbia congiunto seco qualche bene.]

There is little evidence that other animals judge the appropriateness of actions that do not directly affect themselves.

No one hates his job so heartily as a farmer.

When you are shooting with a robot you can't improvise. You can't really... the script is kind of the script.

Elton John said to me, "I have all the negatives."

Only parts of us will ever touch only parts of others.

In deep waters, you encounter only the wise and the brave; in shallow waters, the ignorant and the coward!

In India the odd thing is that English is this almost artificial language floating on the surface of a place with about fifty other languages. The same is true of Nigeria but even more so.